About Happy Swimmers

The Happy Swimmers Family

As our’ owner looked into the eyes of her first swimming youngsters, in 1991, she asked herself “What do people want to be in life?”- Happy… And from the happy look on her students’ faces was then born our name “Happy Swimmers.” Twenty-two clients made up our first year.

With a commitment to quality and teaching swimming from a kind-hearted, LOVE based method in the comfort of one’s own pool, nearly 20 years later over 500 families a season now show our philosophy has paid off. There is a bond that forms between our precious students and our kind instructors, and that trust is what propels the lessons to their beautiful results, all done in a nurturing, gentle format, or it’s not Happy Swimmers.

Locations Served

Happy Swimmers USA and Australia is one of the largest private swim lesson providers in the US, and private lifeguard provider in Australia. In the USA we serve all of Southern California, San Jose(Bay Area), Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Orlando, South Florida, Atlanta, Washington DC, New York City, Honolulu and Kaua’i.

In Australia we serve: SE Queensland, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

How did we go to these areas? Some of our key staff moved to those places and said, ‘Hey, can we continue the Happy Swimmers vibe here?’ Of course, I was eager to say Yes!, and from there, our company has expanded nationwide to help hundreds of children a year become “happy swimmers.”

Additional Services

In addition to providing swimming lessons, Happy Swimmers USA and Australia also provide professional lifeguards for private events like children’s pool parties, corporate parties, entertainment industry filming, and short-term commercial pool fill-in guards (providing insured, certified lifeguards to country clubs and HOAs, etc.).

Happy Swimmers also trains Lifeguards. If you have strong swimming skills and you’re looking to become a lifeguard, we currently offer that training in Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Dallas, Austin, Houston, and Washington DC.

One more safety arena is our sister company, JTA CPR Training. Like the name says, we offer CPR, First Aid, AED training to the public in Southern California, San Jose, Houston, Honolulu and all of Hawai’i. That business has trained over 50,000 students in over 27 years of business! Check it out at jtacpr.com.

Thank you for checking out our swim instruction company. We look forward to helping you become a better swimmer and want to serve you in whatever way we can.

Have a great day!

Testimonials

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Hi Peggy,
Yumi and Jere were wonderful lifeguards when they guarded our end of year pool party on Wednesday June 11 from 11-2. They were in touch with me, were on time and prepared, and were very responsible and knowledgeable. I was so happy to be able to put two adults in charge of our fourth grade class party.
Based on my experience with Yumi Temple and her cohort Jere, I would highly recommend Happy Swimmers.
Thank you for a wonderful experience. So happy we used your business.

- Michelle Battelle

Hi Jenn.. wow today was really scary. I had to use my first aid skills on my mom! We work at the same preschool & she had an allergic reaction & went into shock! I did everything I remembered until the paramedics came.. I really can’t thank you enough for teaching me everything I needed to know!

- Pierce College lifeguard student may 2014

Everything about my experience with Happy Swimmers has been amazing! From the scheduling to the fantastic teacher they sent for my 5 and 6 year old. The instructor, Emma, had to contend with 2 very different personalities along with 2 different levels of swimming experience. She was more than equipped to deal with that and gave each child unparalleled support, encouragement and instruction. I highly recommend this service to all parents that want to give their child a great experience in being water safe!

- Lana W, Burbank, CA

We have three kids ages 7, 4, and 2 & 1/2. This was our second year having Happy Swimmers, with instructor Trisha Commons, come teach our kids (the two oldest) to swim. I tried another company the year before I tried Happy Swimmers and although the kids learned swim safety, they were bored and did not learn how to enjoy the pool. Trisha got our son, who did not really like swimming, having fun and by the end of last year could swim the entire length of the pool on his own.

Trisha is great with the kids and is flexible in her teaching style to work with different personalities. She is able to get the kids confident in their abilities and teaches them how to swim, but also teaches them how to have fun! I will definitely be asking Happy Swimmers and Trisha to teach the kids again next year.

- Kim W, Coto De Caza, CA

I have a toddler and a pool and wanted to make sure my son learned water safety. After taking some group classes last summer, I knew I wanted more one-on-one attention at our home. This summer I reviewed several in-home companies and was impressed with Happy Swimmers approach of water safety.

Trish worked with my stubborn 2-yr old 2-3 times a week. Within the first lesson he knew how to climb out of the pool and to ask permission before getting in. Although our goal was to get him water comfortable more than “swimming”, he indeed learned to swim within a few weeks. We extended our lessons and really appreciated Trish’s approach. We will sign up again next summer. Many of our friends with children happened to be present on several lessons and I expect they will also sign up next summer as well.

- Rebecca M, San Fernando, CA

Hired a happy swimmers for private life guard for a party for over 200 people at my house. The lifeguard was great. She called to confirm before, came on time, and stayed later then we originally signed up because the party went over. She also showed up on time despite there being a black out that because of storms the day before. I highly recommend Happy Swimmers.

- Tiffany B, Leesburg, VA